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UK
/ˈɒptəʊmˌɛtɹɪst/
]
[ US /ɑpˈtɑmətɹɪst/ ]
[ US /ɑpˈtɑmətɹɪst/ ]
NOUN
- a person skilled in testing for defects of vision in order to prescribe corrective glasses
How To Use optometrist In A Sentence
- A bury optometrist has helped to safeguard the sight of many desperately poor Ugandans during a vital mercy mission with Vision Aid Overseas.
- The advice was backed by the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, the College of Optometrists, the RNIB and incorporates advice from the Royal Astronomical Society. Looking at partial eclipse directly could damage eyes, experts say
- Pennsylvania College's program will be based on a strong biomedical curriculum, similar to programs for physicians, dentists and optometrists.
- Then I could also pick up the eyeglasses I had ordered the night before at an optometrist on the concourse. Sharon Premoli: Prelude
- The word myopic has appeared in 38 New York Times articles in the past year, including on June 21 in the Op-Ed article, "The Sun Is the Best Optometrist," by Sandra Aamodt and Sam Wang: NYT > Home Page
- Wednesday night I took out my contacts, put the right one on the edge of its holder and sawed it into strips by the screw-thread top, so Thursday had to call my optometrist for a new set. Karma rant
- The iridologist will examine the irises of your eyes using either a slitlamp (a piece of equipment also employed by optometrists and ophthalmologists) or just a penlight and magnifying glass. BellaOnline - The Voice of Women
- Such legislation presently applies to doctors and dentists, optometrists and pharmacists, barbers and beauticians, and liquor stores and taxicabs, to name a few leading examples.
- A swollen optic nerve found by her optometrist led to the discovery of the tumor.
- The development could take a couple of years, but they had submitted a timetable for improvement, and had involved local GPs, opticians and optometrists in the planning.